The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 6 July 1936 — Page 4
INDIANA MONDAY, .TT I/Y 0, 10n6.
JIOTOIC (.AS I ATI.It'll \ \TKS REGINA. Snsk (UP) — Garage owners h<*re use carbon monoxide to get rid of rats. They connect a tube leading to the building to an automobile engine exhaust. The fumes will kill the rats within an hour.
of Marshal Pilsudski’s heart here on May 12. 19.'i6. served only to aggravate the controversy which has r aged between Lithuania anil Poland over this city since it became Polish in 1920. The quarrel over the rightful possession of Vrlna is particularly bitter because of sentimental attachments which have their roots in the histories of both countries. Poland and Lithuania were united in ir>69. a year which saw the beginning of a paramount Polish influence to the detriment of the Lithuanian language arid culture. This trend was encourag.-d under the Russian czars to the point where an awakening Lithuanian consciousness in the 19th century found only the peasants still speaking the language. Luring this period of Russo-Polish
domination, evidences of pure Lithuanian culture in Vilna were system- ' atically destroyed especially around IftOO. so that today only a few ruins of the original castle can be seen on the Schlossberg. But into modem times came a Vilna noted for its churches and cloisters, partly Gothic in architecture, but predominantly influenced by the finest Baroque tradition. attesting to the farthermost expansion of occidental culture toward the east. Aside from language, folk songs | and art. this city of Vilna is modem i Lithuania'! only large memorial to ! the tradition of her people. Hard-feeling over Vilna is at its | worst between the Lithuanians themselves and the Litwird. Poles of Lithuanian race. In reality, it is a controversy between those Lithuanians who desire to build up their own race and those who centuries ago were taken into the Polish nation. It is a blood feud with all the bitterness which characterizes conflicts in which branches of the same fhmily are opposed. Since its declaration of independence in 1918, Lithuania has persisted in its claim to the lost capital. The nationalist movement possesses a
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■/ RANDOLPH SCOTT FRANCES DRAKE ^ Novelized by Wallace West from th" Paramount Picture of the same name ^
SYNOPSIS
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j ^ CHAPTER IV .• r MODEL HOME COMPLETELY FURNISHED I BAL! ASK MR. TWEETS $ BETTER HURRY DETTY WINSLOW and Lieut. k:i -1\ wi ra . onfronted ■'•th *>iIm sign as they walked arowd a bend In tire seemingly endless road which led to IJodio Sloan's barbecue. The •'Model Home'" was situated under
They wandered back into the living room exclaiming over all the gadgets they found until they beheld what looked like a bird cage covered with elaborately embroidered silk which squatted on a side table near tire flreplace. “What do you suppose that is?” whispered Knox. “I'm sure 1 don't know.” “Shall 1 try kicking it and see what happens?" "Better he careful—there may be mice in It.” li.-tty clung to his arm ami tried to back away, ready to duck. Knox refused to budge, however. Gingerly ho raised the object by a tuft of feathers attached to Its top. Underneath was a telephone. “Evidently Mr. Tweets thinks there’s something not quite nice about telephones." chortled Betty. “What's Dodie Sloan’s number?” "Dial the operator and ask for
“If you had any sense you’d have left it the way it was in the first place, M the lieutenant said bitterly.
an oak tree In a yard barren of grass hut sur rounded by unpalnted stakes bearing small vari color ed pennants. “ 'Better hurry,’ ’’ chuckled Knox us he surveyed the forlorn development. I lata abendy," cried Ih'tty in rnoek alarm. Seizing her c curt's arm she dragged him through the wicket gate, up the front path and onto the veranda. There tin girl seized the shiny brass knocker and hammered vigorously on the door. Whereupon the knocker came off In her hand. "Let’s start all over again,” laugh* d Knox, hooking the knocker hack Into place and rapping with his knuckles. "Not a tweet from Mr. Tweets,” sighed Betty at last. Then as they I turned away she paused and looked the place over. "Poor little houso— 1 feel sort of sorr y for It, sitting out here all by Itself. , ,*' “1 wonder If there’s a telephone Inside.” suggested tire policeman. “Let's find out.” He turned the knob on the door and, when It opened, peered inside. "No phone In sight,” he reported. "But this little place isn't had at all." “Why, It's adorable,” cried Betty, peering over his shoulder Into the tiny kitchen. "Look at that breakfast nook!” “They certainly didn't waste any space,” gi'inued Knox. “I'd hate to get wedged lu there with a fullsized steak You’d have to break the walls down to get out.”
long distance." Knox started to do so hut stopped with a groan when he discovered that tho wires from the telephone dangled free when he lifted the instrument. “I guess Mr. Tweets doesn’t pay his telephone hills." he smiled ruefully. Then, shrugging his shoulders. he added: "Well, what do you think? Shall we buy the place.” “I don't know.” Bi tty cocked her head to one side and frowned. “There’s something wrong with this room. Wait a minute! I’ve got it. That couch ought to go where the table Is.” “No, no! It'll make the whole room cock-eyed!" “Not at all. I’ll prove it to you! She went to the table and took hold of one end. "Conte on—give me a hand." Then, like a young couple Just mar ried, they engaged in an orgy of furniture moving, until the living room looked as If a cyclone had struck It. Finally they became Involved In a ferocious argument as to the place the couch should occupy. “If you had any sense you’d have left It the way It was In the first place,” tho lieutenant said bitterly. “Is that so!” Betty flashed. “I’ll show you how much j/ou know!” She seized the recalcitrant article of furniture and gave it a push. The couch banged against a nearby table, catching her lingers between the two. “Ouch!” she cried, holding the knuckles to her mouth. “S*ee? That’s what you get,” began
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Knox. Then, as he saw In-r eyes All with tears, he softened. “Hurt youp self badly?” He crossed quickly to her side. ''Here, let me see it.” “Go away,” she cried, turning away from him. "I’m sorry, Betty." he pleaded to her back. ‘Til do anything you waut. I'd move the piano into the kitchen if you said so." "Would you?” she asked demurely. For a moment he stared down into her tantalizing face, so provocatively close. Her eyes dropped before his; his arms were about to go around her—and before Ire could even kiss her a car screeched to a halt outside and footsteps crunched on tho gravel path and stamped across tire front porch. Then the door swung open and a small, shabby man carrying a bulky parcel stood blinking at them lu astonishment. “Hello, folks,” tills person beamed as the otheiU disengaged themselves hurriedly. ‘T'rn Mr. Tweets.” Then Ire added Incredulously: "You - uh — you folks didn't want to look at the house, diil you?” “Well, not exactly,” answered Knox uncomfortably. “You see, we got lost." “Oh that explains It," sighed Mr Tweets as he started unwrapping his bundle. "1 didn’t figure you could have come out here deliberate.” Tiro parcel turned out to be a buttle. Mr. Tweets took out a corkscrew aud meihodlcally started to operate. "Nice little place you’ve got. here,” Knox said to bridge the awkward pause. “I think it smells,” Tweets answered bluntly and bitterly as he yanked at the cork. “We sort of er—moved the furnlture around a little bit,” Betty apologised. “Just to see how It would look.” “Well it looks a little better this way.” Tweets admitted slowly as he wiped the top of the now open bottle with the heel of his hand. “But nothing could really help It much.” "You couldn’t take us back to town, could you?” Knox hinted. “Sure. Take you anywhere you want. Have a drink. It's celery tonic. Good for tho nerves." As they shook their heads in polite refusal Tweets shrugged and took a long swig. Then he made a wry taco. "Even my favorite drink tastes had out here,” he grumbled. “Let’s start.” They bundled Into the real estate man’s rumble seat and for a time sat somewhat shyly In their respective corners. "What's the matter with you two?" Tweets Inquired at last, looking over his shoulders lu annoyance as the old Ford bounced along. “You act like you’ve been fighting, or something.” "What gives you that Idea?” "Well, if you ain’t there's something wrong with you sitting in a rumble seat with a pretty girl and not having your arm around her.” “Thank you, Mr. Tweet si” laughed Ktrnx as he obeyed itsstructlons. ‘T need a little encouragement." 'Tt's been such a lovely, funny afternoon,” said Betty wistfully as she nestled into tiro crook of his elbow. I wish wo didn't have to go to Dodie’s party. But It’s going ta look scandalous enough as It is!” “Well, If they’re going to think th* worst anyway . . .” grinned Knox. He slipped his hand under her chin and turned her face toward him. Mr. Tweets fully appreciated that kiss as he watched them In his rear-view mirror. i .. aj_ <Te bt c«nt(nu*4J V'irj’n j
With the spread of the grasshoppers in Indiana, many are wondering how this plague can be stopped. It is said the only means of stopping them is to spread poison bran over infested fields A statement from Purdue Univer* sity on the “hoppers” says: One of the first questions asked by those who are observing the unusual numbers of h< ;>pers. is the cause of abundance, especially following a severe winte- which many thought would be harmful to insect life. The eggs are laid luring late summer and fall in the soil not more than an inch below t!i'- surface, but it is unlikely winter conditions have an important effect unfavorable or otherwise. on the eggs. Grasshoppers seem to run in cycles of longer or shorter length and once they become abundant they are likely to continue to be abundant an i destructive for two or three years. Consequently we may anticipate the | - ent trouble as a forerunner of a noticeably greater outbreak in 19:iT. At the pri > nt time the grasshoppers are maturing and if not soon destroyed vv 1 soon be laying eggs The females prefer ground covered With vegitati i its a 1 place to lay eggs. Consequently we find them choosing .such places weedy and grassy areas, and ai: rlfa and clover fields to deposit eggs which will remain as such until m t spring, early in May, when they w I hatch and begin feeding. Immediate control of the existing grasshoppers before they do more damage and lev eggs for next year's crop of hopp- t : is of first consideration. Perhap the best control is the use of a poi >ned bran bait which is broadcasted ■ -err the infested area at
boundary created by Zeligowski s
in 1920 even though the Conof Ambassadors in March.
1923. approved it. As a protest the
the rate of 10 or 12 pounds 'drv government cut of all official rela weight' per acre Tb s bait if broad jions ami economic traffic with I ocaste i as recommended will have no| liUH | j or as ] on g aJf the violation of
the Treaty of Suwalki remains with
out compensation.
harmful effect on birds or animals of
any kind, except the grasshoppers. The bait recommended is prepared with the following materials: Bran preferably coarse bran 2.)
pounds.
Paris green, white arsenic, sodium arsenic 'never use load or calcium
rrsenate' 1 pound.
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-ane molasses 1 not corn syrup 1 2
quarts.
Water. 2 - 3 gallons. The poison is thoroughly mixed vltii the dry bran. In another con.ainer tire molasses Is diluted with about two gallons of water. The diuted molasses is then added to the noisoned bran. The final product rhould be damp enough to mold in the ran i and break into fine particles vhen broadcasted, but should not be
soppy.
Grasshopper catchers ran be easilv constructed and used to advantage on low growing crops Full directions for he construction of a grasshopper catcher are given in the Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station Circular 88 which can be obtained from your county agent or by writing direct to the Experiment Station at Lafayette. Inasmuch as grasshoppers lay their eggs just beneath the surface of the ground in the fall, there to pass the winter, plowing under areas where eggs are laid in the late fall or during the winter will materially aid in reducing numbers of hoppers next year. Such areas include grassy and weedy ground: also rlover and alfalfa fields which are past their useful-
ness.
number after the Poles took possession sank to an estimated 3.000 out of a populat : in of 200.000 odd The Polish estimate is even smaller. In tno country around the city Lithuanians and White 'Russians predominate. while thi majority in Vilna itself is equally divided between Poles and Jews. The Polish people recognize Lithuania's claim e\vn less, because according to tl i train of thought the simple reoog tion of an independent Lithuania ai ady is a renuneiation considering it was once included
within Poland’s borders. Although the only apparent solution of the Vilna controversy is an definitely romantic aspect. The national anthem includes the phrase, “The example of the past ' hall awaken the old strength in your race.” Vilna is the only living symbol of this past which otherwise rests in the haze of distant centuries. And if modern Lithuania must exist without Vilna. the people in Kovno do not believe it could exist \\ ithout the hope of Vilna. Lithuania never has recognized the
Mother and Daughter Flogged V
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Officials continued their investigation into operations of a group of night-riding “vigilantes”, following the alleged flogging and headshaving of “undesirable” men and women in the swamp region near Wilmington, N. C. Shown above are Mrs. Bertha Fowlerrand hfcr daughter, Inez, two of the victims of the hooded band, which la said to have been led by a fanatical minister. >- Ouen Pan-American Highway
A nine-year-old dream became a reality when American and Mexican government officials met on the international boundary at Laredo. Tex., to participate in the formal opening of the new $17 000 000 Pan-American highway from Texas to Mexico City. Representing the United States was Vice President JoJhn Nance Garner, who is shown left as lie shook hands with General Eduardo Hay, minister of foreign relations for Mexico during the ceremonies. ®
Since May 12 the Poles are less than even inclined to part with Vilna. They do not recognize the historical dairn of the Lithuanians, and they point to the small number in the controversial district. In fact, during the world war there were only about 15,000 inhabitants of Vilna who affiliated themselves with a nationalist Lithuanian movement, whereas that Either Or. strong external forces arc pressing for a compromise. Tire juarri I is an unde: irable obstruction m tne way of Poland's Baltic policy, but suggestions to cede certain terri Lories to Lithuania have not yet succeeded in compensating it sufficiently to be willing to surrender the claims to Vilna. Since the nazi rise to power ir. Germany. the Vilna question has become increasingly difficult for Lithuania, rising like Banquo’s ghost at every •ffort to seek alles and alliances. At outs with Germany over Memel and Poland over Vilna Lithuania has attempted a union with Latvia and Esthonia, but the relations of these two with Poland make such agreement.s extremely difficult to arrange. In the last two years Polish and Lithuanian ministers have exchanged suggestions for a possible solution of the controversy, but a permanent agreement seems as remote today as
ever.
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IN MEMORY In memory of our dear uncle, James L Leonard, who passed away three years ago today July 6, 1933. You did not know, but we were near, you couldn't say farewell, but how we grieved and longed for you There is none but God can tell, as we loved you. so we miss you in our hearts you’re always near. Loved remembered, Ixmged for always. Bringing many a silent tear. In our hearts your memory lingers. Sweetly, tender, fond and true. There is not a day dear uncle that we do not think of you. Sadly missed by Mrs Ada McCammack and family. CUU ENROLLMENT There will be a C. C. C. junior enrollment between July 1 and 15. and preliminary applications are being taken at the G. C. U. R. Office in the Public Library Building. Rules governing eligibility for selection and reselection of junior applicants are the same as those applying to previous registrations. Young men between the ages of seventeen and twenty-eight years, who are from relief families, unemployed, unmarried. and physically fit, are eligible for enlistment in the camps. Young men are eligible for reselection who have been honorably discharged from the C. C. C. prior to the end of the first enrollment period, October 1, 1933. or who have been honorably discharged from the second or a later enrollment period provided they have had not less than four months of consecutive previous ser-
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